I hear you, man. "Out of the blue and into the black. Once you're gone you can't come back..."
According to this article, Needle of Death is actually a cover (as are all of the other tracks on... gulp... did he actually cut an entire album of one-take covers? and is he actually now going to release an "audiophile" version of it?)
http://www.stereogum.com/1677874/watch-neil-young-cover-bert-janschs-needle-of-death-in-jack-whites-voice-o-graph-booth/video/
If nothing else, you have to give him a nod for his creativity and authenticity. He's become more than a little nuts as he's aged, however (IMO, of course).